This past Sunday was the annual collapse of the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys continue to be horrid because they have some of the least qualified people in key positions. Following the Cowboys annual collapse writing this kind of blog came to mind. Fellow Cowboys fans next year isn't going to be any better. Things aren't going to be any better until the Jones family is forced to sell the team.
Starting with the worst first:
1) Jerry Jones: He leads Anthony by a considerable margin in worst person at his job in sports. The worst thing about Jones is his huge ego. Every decision he makes is to prove how much of a football genius he is. For instance, he recently announced that Jason Garrett will be back for 2014. Is it because Garrett has done a good job, hell no! It's because he's a puppet and Jones thinks if Garrett succeeds then that shows how much of a genius Jones is. Of course when Garrett fails that will truly show again why Jones is the worst at his job in sports. I love what Stephen A. Smith said on Monday's "First Take". He said if Jones hired a real coach then anytime Jones talked, Smith wouldn't want to hear what he says. He would only want to hear what a real football person says. Amen! Stop putting the camera in Jerruh's decrepit face, 99% of people could care less what he says.
The Cowboys are about $30 million over the salary cap for next season. Yes, they'll make a bunch of moves and rework a bunch of contracts to get them under the cap. However many of those moves will just push money forward into future year's salary caps. Instead of fixing the problem, he'll just push it forward.
The Cowboys strategy for success is flawed. Instead of building over a few years a solid foundation the Cowboys are built to win now. Since Dallas has only made the playoffs one of the last 6 years, you see how well the win now philosophy works. Of course the fact that Jerruh is terrible at hiring coaches doesn't help. As part of building a solid foundation Dallas would solve all their salary cap issues asap, which means they'd be bad for a couple of years. But no Jerruh prefers the win now/ hire bad coaches strategy. With this strategy it just shows me again that Jerry could care less about fielding a winning team. However he's very successful at the only thing he truly cares about, making money.
Jones needs to blow this team up and start over. The first thing he needs to do is to sell the Cowboys or no longer have someone with the last name of Jones run the franchise. A real football person needs to take over the team. Then Jones needs to shut the hell up, why does anyone continue interviewing this idiot I have no idea. It's clear he no longer cares about winning. People that really want to win make real changes, not just shuffle puppets around. Jones says he cares about winning just as much as fans do, well I can assure Jerry that you don't. This team has been a mediocre debacle for 17 years because of you.
Other than writing the checks you had nothing to do with the Cowboys winning 3 Super Bowls in the early to mid 90s. You got rid of the coach that won back to back Super Bowls, who does that? Then you've been vainly trying to show you know how to run an NFL team ever since.
Many say that fans don't have power to force change. However if the sheep stop showing up at Jerry World and stop buying Cowboys merchandise, then perhaps things will change. Real Cowboys fans need to join together and make things bad enough for Jerruh that he'll be glad to sell the team. Yes that would take a few years, but it would be worth it in the end. Even if the next owner isn't good, he still couldn't be worse than Skeletor. Thankfully Jerruh is helping the haters himself through his own idiotic decisions.
2) Carmelo Anthony: He's making almost $20.4 million this year. What do the Knicks get for that large amount of money? A so-called volume shooter who's shooting 44.7% this season. He makes a little over 9 of every 21 shots. By the way volume shooter is a nice way of saying he has to shoot a lot to get his points. What else does he bring to the Knicks: a respectable 8.8 rebounds a game, 2.8 assists a game (which I find hard to believe), 2.2 turnovers a game, a bad attitude, a lack of leadership and matador defense. Anthony is a free agent at the end of this season. If I was the Knicks not only would I let him leave at the end of this season, but I'd be actively trying to trade him before the trading deadline.
Anthony fails the Meads Metric nearly every game. He's also missed the last 3 Knicks games as he's been
3) Miles Austin: the tissue soft Dallas Cowboys wide receiver. Austin stole $5-$6 million this season from the Cowboys. Not only did he miss several games, but even when he played he was ineffective. He caught all of 24 passes for 244 yards and 0 touchdowns and many games he was close to invisible. He'll cost the Cowboys about $5.5 million in 2014, the Cowboys need to cut this bum and save them the money. For some reason Kyle Orton threw a crucial pass to a player who doesn't fight for the ball. Austin is just there for the paycheck, his body language tells you how little he cares about winning. The Orton pass was intercepted by Philadelphia and essentially ended Sunday's game. Even Austin admits that he should have fought for the ball, but he's never been known for that. He has all the competitive spirit of a wet towel and is probably glad the Cowboys lost. His job was getting in the way of his life. Again Austin is another sign of how bad of a GM Jones is. Jones fell in love with him, paid him a lot of money and Austin has been coasting since then. That same thing can be said of many Cowboys players.
4) Amar'e Stoudemire is making almost $21.7 million this season. What do the Knicks get for this money? He has okay stats, but his contract is an anvil holding the Knicks down. He's the owner of one of the worst contracts in professional sports history.
5) J.R. Smith: Will someone please explain to me how he won the 6th Man award last year? This is the same selfish player who shot 17 3 pointers in one game, he made 5. This is the same Smith who's shooting 35% this season, is he really a professional basketball player? The most surprising thing about Smith is his 3.2 assists a game, I wasn't aware that any Knick passed the ball. Of course Smith fits right in on this all about self disaster of a team.
6) Jason Garrett: He's a well paid, obedient puppet. What else needs to be said? He's 24-24 in his 3 full seasons. He's never been a head coach at any level and he shows that by his stupid mistakes. He causes the Cowboys to lose 1 or 2 games through his terrible decisions. How did he get a job in the first place?Jerry fell in love with him and wanted to show the world how much of a football genius Jerry is. Before he was head coach, Garrett was a bad offensive coordinator. Being promoted to head coach was another short-sighted move by Jones. Sure Garrett is hamstrung by Jerruh, but he needs to stand up for himself more. The Cowboys have a second place schedule next season. With a more difficult schedule, I predict that Garrett won't survive the whole season.
7) Monte Kiffin:
Statistically the Cowboys were historically bad.
- The Cowboys allowed the second-most points (432) in franchise history.
- The 388 first downs allowed is the most in franchise history and second-most in league history.
- Kiffin's defense gave up 6,645 yards, the most in franchise history and third-most in league history.
- The Cowboys' 4,589 passing yards allowed is the most in franchise history.
- Four quarterbacks threw for at least 400 yards, a first in league history. (Thanks to ESPN Dallas.)
8) Lane Kiffin: Two words describe his tenure as USC's head coach: dumpster fire. He was fired after USC gave up over 60 points in a game. The Trojans won about 75% of their games following his firing. Like his Dad, Lane has been living off Monte's reputation way too long. I wouldn't be surprised if Lane ends up with the Cowboys next season.
9) Josh Beckett: He's the worst part of the 2012 Dodgers-Red Sox trade that helped propel the Red Sox to the 2013 World Series title. For the $17 million he earned last season, what did he provide the Dodgers? He pitched in 5 games before he was out for the season. As if that wasn't bad enough Beckett is going to be paid $17 again this season for what what will be another season of disappointment.
10) Tony Romo: He's owed $55 million guaranteed over the next three years. Again another what I'm sure is going to be a bad contract by Idiot Jerruh. Romo will be 34 and coming off two back surgeries when next season starts. Romo isn't a bad quarterback, especially in regards to stats. However he's also not a winner, which explains his 1-6 record in win or go home games. Of course like anyone else with the Cowboys, he can't be fairly judged as he plays for the team with the worst GM in all of professional sports.
It took several years to get a decent offensive line in front of him. Romo has a solid collection of receivers, too bad the wasted money for Austin couldn't go to a better, more durable player. Also Dez Bryant needs to stop being a head case. Even though he has matured, it feels that Bryant is close to yet another stupid off the field move.
Special mentions:
A) Dwight Howard would have been on this list a couple of months ago, but is actually becoming a better player. He's even making his free throws now. However he still leads the NBA in whiny looks to the refs.
B) Jay Ratliff: he faked injuries, didn't try to get back soon enough and basically forced his way out of Dallas. Do I blame him for wanting to leave the bad soap opera that is the Dallas Cowboys? No, but I do blame the way he did it. I'm actually more surprised more players aren't forcing their way out of Dallas, but maybe they've become like Jerry and only care about money now. If a player really wants to win he wouldn't stick with the joke of a franchise that is the Dallas Cowboys.
C) Mike Woodson gets a pass as he was handed this horrific team. The fact that the Knicks won 50+ games last season and made it to the second round of the playoffs is incredible.
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